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Giant retrosternal goitre causing lung atelectasis
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Affiliations- Endocrinology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, 1099-023, Portugal
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Keywords
thyroid; retrosternal goitre; thoracotomy
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Giant retrosternal goitre causing lung atelectasis
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794-795
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2022-05-20
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Endokrynol Pol 2022;73(4):794-795.
Keywords
thyroid
retrosternal goitre
thoracotomy
Authors
Ana Abrantes Figueiredo
Joana Simões-Pereira
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